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St. Mary's vs BYU Cougars Predictions January 28, 2023

Game time: January 28, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET

Venue: Marriott Center — Provo, UT

Article updated Jan 27, 10:15 PM EST

By SportsJaw Editorial Team

St. Mary's is on the road playing BYU at the Marriott Center stadium on Saturday, 1/28/2023 @ 10:00pm EST. St. Mary's -6.5 was the opening favorite and line hasn't

Game outlook

St. Mary's is on the road playing BYU at the Marriott Center stadium on Saturday, 1/28/2023 @ 10:00pm EST. St. Mary's -6.5 was the opening favorite and line hasn't moved.

St. Mary's Highlights

With a power ranking of 1, St. Mary's is ranked #174 in offense (scoring an average of 71.86 per game), #4 in defense (allowing an average of 57.14 points to be scored against them per game) and are 18-4 (13-6-2 ATS) this season.

BYU Highlights

BYU Cougars has a power ranking of 109 and are #108 for offense (scoring an average of 75.32 per game), #163 for defense (giving up an average of 57.14 points per game) and 14-9 (9-11-1 ATS) overall. St. Mary's went 2-1 (3-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against BYU.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict the score to be SMC 58.25, BYU 71.25. 51% of SportsJaw users predict St. Mary's to cover. OddsShark has not made their prediction yet.

split down the middle on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Gaels 67 to Cougars 62.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Gaels 67 to Cougars 62.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NCAAB Predictions

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SportsJaw St. Mary's vs Cougars archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. how our predictions work.

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Lines, trends and availability

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No qualifying consensus sample is available yet.

Qualified handicappers need at least 20 graded picks and a 52.5% win rate. A market needs at least three current qualified picks. Selection share is not a win probability.

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · St. Mary's-265 → -275Moved
  • Moneyline · BYU Cougars+245 → +225Moved
  • Spread · St. Mary's-6.5 (-110) → -6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Spread · BYU Cougars+6.5 (-110) → +6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Over129 (-110) → 129.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under129 (-110) → 129.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

St. Mary's
ATS unavailable · O/U unavailable
Last 0 completed games on file
BYU Cougars
23-12 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2023-01-28T03:15:17.938Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-12-20Lindenwood 61 · BYU Cougars 90
  • 2022-02-19BYU Cougars 64 · St. Mary's 69
  • 2022-01-08St. Mary's 43 · BYU Cougars 52
Final result

Matchup pick recap

St. Mary's defeated BYU Cougars 57-56

St. Mary's defeated BYU Cougars 57-56 on January 28, 2023, a 1-point decision in the series. St. Mary's' strongest period was the 2nd half, when it outscored its opponent 32-31. Against SportsJaw's recorded St. Mary's -6.5 (-110) spread, BYU Cougars covered, while the 113 combined points finished under the recorded total of 129.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • CoolioSpread · St. Mary's -6.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Under 129.5 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkSpread · St. Mary's -6.5 (-110)Loss
  • DerekFisherSpread · BYU Cougars +6.5 (-110)Win
  • 1707662905Spread · St. Mary's -6.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · BYU Cougars +6.5 (-110)Win